My first night doing LH and at the Fridley FAC....

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  1. Farva

    Farva Light Load Member

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    ....O O F!

    Good night.
     
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  3. LtlAnonymous

    LtlAnonymous Road Train Member

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    Get used to that feeling. Haha
     
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  4. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Ouch. Working graveyard and still up at 1100?

    I’d never be able to sleep.
     
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  5. Farva

    Farva Light Load Member

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    I'll check after this post, but I think it was 10am (and my post settings are EST instead of CST?) either way, ya...I got like 1.5 hours of sleep today :(
     
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  6. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    That’s how it was when I ran nights, and why I always pitched a fit when they wanted me to go back out and sort and segregate somewhere for 3 hours after my run. That was absolutely killing me.
     
  7. Farva

    Farva Light Load Member

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    Ya, there would have been no way I could have done anything else after I got back this morning, lol. I was a walking ded man. The hardest part of the job? Operating a forklift. Absolutely intimidating.
     
  8. Old_n_gray

    Old_n_gray Road Train Member

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    Love night line haul, wouldn't do anything else. Otr for over 15 years, the last 8 plus years have been the best.
     
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  9. Dave1837

    Dave1837 Road Train Member

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    Night shift isn't for everyone but man is it nice running through major cities when no one else is out. I can be through Pittsburgh in 10 mins, Philly in 15, even NYC in 15-20. Once you get used to running at night you'll never want to drive during the day again
     
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  10. idriveaholden

    idriveaholden Super Heavy Hauler

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    What’s fac fridley
     
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  11. brtecson

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    XPO freight linehaul hub (freight assembly center) in the minneapolis/st.paul area. i didn't have the pleasure of running there when i worked for con-way, but i think almost all of the FAC's kinda sucked. Everybody else hated the one I liked... the good ol' gary/hammond indiana terminal. It was a dump, but I liked the people and the operation there
     
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